The story behind the 50p designs

The designer has previously worked on coins commemorating the 60th anniversary of The Queen’s coronation, Remembrance Sunday, and King George I.

The 2017 collection, developed in collaboration with Penguin Random House (publisher of Beatrix Potter’s Tales) will kick off with a famously cheeky character from Potter’s books – Peter Rabbit himself.

The coloured Peter Rabbit coins could be worth hundreds

Each coin’s obverse side bears the fifth definitive portrait of The Queen by Royal Mint Engraver Jody Clark, first introduced to UK coinage in 2015.